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Comptia Project + Project Management

Subjects : certifications, comptia-project-+, it-skills

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Identifying all people or organizations impacted by the project and documenting relevant information regarding their interest - involvement and impact on project success
identify stakeholders (Process)
activity duration
human resource plan
early start date (ES)

2. Reviewing all change requests - approving changes - and managing changes to the deliverables - organizational process assets - project documents and project management plan
request for proposal (RFP)
perform integrated change control (Process)
project scope management (Knowledge Area)
risk breakdown structure (RBS)

3. Judgment provided based upon expertise in an application area - knowledge area - discipline - industry - etc. as appropriate for the activity being performed.
expert judgment (Technique)
plan communications (Process)
secondary risk
forecast

4. Monitoring and recording results of executing the quality activities to assess performance and recommend necessary changes
residual risk
historical information
perform quality control (Process)
project risk management (Knowledge Area)

5. The merging or joining of parallel schedule network paths into the same node in a project schedule network diagram. characterized by a schedule activity with more than one predecessor activity
project team directory
path convergence
residual risk
verification

6. Slack - Total amount of time that a schedule activity maybe delayed from its early start date without delaying the project finish date or violating a schedule constraint.
specification
Delphi technique (Technique)
baseline
float

7. Tracking - reviewing - regulating the progress to meet the performance objectives defined in the project management plan
monitor and control project work (Process)
late finish date (LF)
input (Process) input
simulation

8. Temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result
portfolio management (Technique)
fast tracking (Technique)
project
scope creep

9. A quantitative assessment of the likely amount or outcome. usually applied to project costs - resources - effort and durations.
responsibility assignment matrix (RAM) (Tool)
activity
root cause analysis (Technique)
estimate (Output/Input)

10. Estimating the type and quantities of material - people - equipment or supplies required to perform the activity
perform quality assurance (Process)
estimate activity resources (Process)
tool
schedule network analysis (Technique)

11. A formally constituted group of stakeholders responsible for reviewing - evaluating - approving - delaying or rejecting changes to a project - with all the decisions and recommendations being recorded
BCWS
change control board (CCB)
output (Process)
scope

12. Degree - amount or volume of risk that an organization or individual will withstand
duration (DU or DUR)
scope change
work authorization system (Tool)
risk tolerance

13. Indications that a risk has occurred or is about to occur. also called risk symptoms or warning signs. should be watched or monitored in the risk monitoring and control process.
acceptance criteria
triggers
project scope statement (Output/Input)
risk breakdown structure (RBS)

14. Graphical representation of situations showing causal influences - time ordering of events and other relationships among variables and outcomes
influence diagram (Tool)
project management office (PMO)
forward pass
root cause analysis (Technique)

15. Technique that computes or iterates the project cost or project schedule many times using input values selected at random from probability distributions of possible costs or durations - to calculate a distribution of total project costs or completion
Monte Carlo analysis
conduct procurements (Process)
project scope
activity list (Output/Input)

16. Schedule network diagramming technique in which schedule activities are represented by boxes or nodes. schedule activities are graphically linked by one or more logical relationships to show the sequence in which the activities are performed
BCWS
program evaluation and review technique (PERT)
precedence diagramming method (PDM) (Technique)
perform integrated change control (Process)

17. Application of knowledge - skills - tools and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements
activity
project schedule (Output/Input)
project management
perform quality control (Process)

18. Analytical technique to determine the essential features and relationships of components in the project management plan to establish a reserve for the schedule duration - budget - estimated cost or funds for a project
reserve analysis (Technique)
start to finish (SF)
voice of the customer
actual cost of work performed

19. Condition or situation unfavorable to the project - a negative set of circumstances - a negative set of events - a risk that will have a negative impact on a project objective if it occurs - or a possibility for negative changes
threat
risk breakdown structure (RBS)
project phase
project management information system (PMIS) (Tool)

20. Estimate or prediction of conditions and events in the projects future based on information and knowledge available at the time of the forecast. information is based on the project's past performance and expected future performance
forecast
schedule baseline
project charter (Output/Input)
summary activity

21. Collection of logically related project activities - usually culminating in the completion of a major deliverable. project phase is a component of the project life cycle
project management body of knowledge
project phase
execute
deliverable (Output/Input)

22. Summary level project schedule that identifies the major deliverables and work breakdown structure components and key schedule milestones
develop schedule (Process)
portfolio
contingency reserve(Output/Input)
master schedule (Tool)

23. Any of all process related assets - from any or all of the organizations involved in the project that are or can be used to influence the project's success. these process assets include formal or informal plans - policies - procedures and guidelines.
organizational process assets (Output/Input)
project schedule (Output/Input)
secondary risk
resource histogram

24. Launching a process that can result in the authorization of a new project
BCWS
project initiation
role
perform integrated change control (Process)

25. Estimate of the amount of work that has been completed on an activity or a work breakdown structure component
project schedule (Output/Input)
percent complete
identify risks (Process)
enterprise environmental factors (Input/Output)

26. Planning technique used to provide products - services and results that truly reflect customer requirements by translating those customer requirements into the appropriate technical requirements for each phase of project product development
project time management (Knowledge Area)
acquire project team (Process)
voice of the customer
estimate at completion (EAC)(Output/Input)

27. Category or rank used to distinguish items that have the same functional use but do not share the same requirements for quality
output (Process)
grade
develop project management plan (Process)
external deliverable

28. Fixed price contract where the buyer pays the seller a set amount regardless of the sellers costs
lag (Technique)
failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) (Technique)
firm fixed price contract (FFP)
finish to finish (FF)

29. Budgeted cost of work performed
BCWP
data date
late finish date (LF)
requirements traceability matrix

30. The area on either side of the centerline - or mean - of data plotted on a control chart that meets the customer's requirements for a product or service.
specification limits
program management
determine budget (Process)
constraint (Input)

31. Determining which risks may affect the project and documenting their characteristics
baseline
firm fixed price contract (FFP)
identify risks (Process)
request for quotation (RFQ)

32. Hybrid contractual arrangement containing aspects of both cost reimbursable and fixed price contracts. time and material contract have no definitive end - can grow. units are preset by the buyer and seller.
manage project team (Process)
executing processes (Process Group)
acquire project team (Process)
time and material contract (T&M)

33. Calculation of the early start and early finish dates for the uncompleted portions of all network activities
reserve
forward pass
human resource plan
procurement management plan (Output/Input)

34. Group of potential causes of risk. such as technical - external - organizational - environmental - project management. a category may include subcategories
failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) (Technique)
voice of the customer
scheduled finish date (SF)
risk category

35. Document that describes how the project scope will be defined - developed and verified and how the work breakdown structure will be created and defined and that provides guidance on how the project scope will be managed and controlled by the project
late start date (LS)
project time management (Knowledge Area)
scope management plan(Output/Input)
project procurement management (Knowledge Area)

36. Aggregating the estimated costs of individual activities or work packages to establish an authorized cost baseline
project cost management (Knowledge Area)
determine budget (Process)
project risk management (Knowledge Area)
log

37. The process of completing each project procurement
identify stakeholders (Process)
contingency reserve(Output/Input)
estimate activity durations (Process)
close procurements (Process)

38. Processes involved in estimating - budgeting - and controlling costs so that the project can be completed within the approved budget
log
acquire project team (Process)
project cost management (Knowledge Area)
organizational process assets (Output/Input)

39. Partially complete document in a predefined format that provides a defined structure for collecting - organizing and presenting information and data
template
baseline
risk management plan (Output/Input)
threat

40. Collect project performance data with respect to a plan - produce performance measures and report and disseminate performance information
enterprise environmental factors (Input/Output)
portfolio
monitor
scope creep

41. Hierarchically organized depiction of the project organization arranged so as to relate the work packages to the performing organizational units
percent complete
root cause analysis (Technique)
develop schedule (Process)
organizational breakdown structure (OBS) (Tool)

42. Process of numerically analyzing the effect of identified risks on overall project objectives
produce scope
risk tolerance
perform quantitative analysis (Process)
requested change(Output/Input)

43. Processes and activities of the performing organization that determine quality policies - objectives and responsibilities so that the project will satisfy the needs for which it was undertaken
distribute information (Process)
project quality management (Knowledge Area)
predecessor activity
project schedule (Output/Input)

44. Skilled human resources - equipment - services - supplies - commodities - material - budgets or funds
define activities (Process)
perform quality assurance (Process)
resource
requested change(Output/Input)

45. Point in time that work was scheduled to start on a schedule activity. called planned start date.
perform quality control (Process)
scheduled start date (SS)
schedule network analysis (Technique)
Delphi technique (Technique)

46. Point in time associated with a schedule activities' start.
sub phase
start date
contingency reserve(Output/Input)
project management plan (Output/Input)

47. Output from performing project management processes and activities. results include outcomes and documents.
network logic
actual cost of work performed
result
approved change request (Output/Input)

48. Sum of products - services and results to be provided as a project
scope
develop human resource plan (Process)
output (Process)
project organization chart (Output/Input)

49. Expected cost needed to complete all the remaining work for a schedule activity - work breakdown structure component or project.
estimate to complete (ETC)(Output/Input)
verification
project time management (Knowledge Area)
co-location (Technique)

50. Number of labor units required to complete a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component
effort
estimate costs (Process)
project quality management (Knowledge Area)
Monte Carlo simulation